After losing their first four games, the Gigantes del Cibao resumed their galloping pace with good rhythm to emerge with flying colors in the next four games and put aside all kinds of worries.
The Colts defeated the Toros del Este this Friday 10 races by 4, in the match held at the Francisco Micheli Stadium, in La Romana.
His scores were well distributed between the second inning (2), third (1), fifth (2), seventh (1), eighth (1) and in the ninth (3) with a total of 15 hits.
The slugger Juan Francisco crowned the victory in the ninth with a home run against the pitches of bullfighting reliever Tim Peterson with two teammates on board: Hanser Alberto (hit to LF) and Moisés Sierra (double to CF).
In addition to Francisco, who added a single, Carlos Paulino stood out with one hit and three RBIs, and Kelvin Gutiérrez hit three singles, drove in three and scored one, to produce nine of the Giants’ 10 runs among the three.
Others who contributed to the Franco Corisan cause were Hanser Alberto with three hits, Moisés Sierra and Carlos Peguero a tubey and a single, with one scored each.
With the wood of the local Toros, Rubén Sosa shone with two hits and two trailers, Yamaico Navarro one hit and pushed a lap, Zoilo Almonte pushed one, and Rodolfo Castro gave two hits.
The Giants were equaled in wins and losses with the Eastern Stars, both with 4-4 and a similar record of locals and visitors with 2-2, in each case, placing themselves in third place in the standing, in the fair in which the BanReservas Cup and dedicated to General (ERD) Kalil Haché In Memoriam.
The victorious pitcher was Luis Santos (1-0) with a fifth inning of just one walk.
He lost bullfighting starter Tyler Eppler (1-1) in low permanence on the mound with 2.0 innings, five hits, three earned runs, one transfer and two strikeouts.
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